The 10 most beautiful castles in Eure-et-Loir
10 châteaux
Chosen among 97 recorded castles
What to see in Eure-et-Loir when you only have a weekend: the 10 most visited castles according to their visitors’ reviews, among those open to the public whose visiting conditions we checked on the official website. For each: what you see, the entry price, the link to the full entry.
Ranked by renown: how often their name is searched on Google each month, and how many reviews visitors have left. “Beautiful” is your word; what we measure is what visitors choose.
No. 1
Château de Maintenon (Maintenon Castle)
Maintenon
Set on an island on the river Eure, Maintenon castle combines a 13th century keep with a Renaissance main building dating from around 1505, later extended with a new wing in the 17th century by Françoise d'Aubigné, who became Madame de Maintenon.
Adult €12.50Hours, prices and access
No. 2
Château d'Anet (Anet Castle)
Anet
Anet castle, in the Eure-et-Loir region, was built in the mid-16th century for Diane de Poitiers, favourite of King Henri II, by the architect Philibert Delorme.
Adult €12Hours, prices and access
No. 3
Château de Châteaudun (châteaudun Castle)
Châteaudun
Perched on a rocky spur above the Loir river, the Château de Châteaudun combines a 12th century keep, among the oldest surviving pieces of military architecture in France, with residential wings built in the 15th and 16th centuries that trace the shift from medieval stronghold to Renaissance dwelling.
Adult €7Hours, prices and access
No. 4
Château des Vaux (Vaux Castle)
Saint-Maurice-Saint-Germain
The château des Vaux stands astride the villages of Pontgouin and Saint-Maurice-Saint-Germain, in the Perche region of Eure-et-Loir.
No. 5
Château de Villebon (Villebon Castle)
Villebon
About a hundred kilometres southwest of Paris, the château de Villebon still shows its 14th century brickwork rising behind water filled moats. Home to Sully for twenty four years, it retains a Renaissance inner courtyard, a chapel and a 17th century dovecote set within its formal French park.
Adult €10Hours, prices and access
No. 6
Château de Courtalain (Courtalain Castle)
Vald'Yerre
On the edge of the Perche and Dunois regions, Courtalain castle combines a Renaissance core with neo-gothic additions and an 18th-century layer of building work, set within an estate that has stayed in the same families for centuries.
Adult €12Hours, prices and access
No. 7
Château de Denonville (Denonville Castle)
Denonville
Set in the Beauce countryside between Paris and Chartres, Denonville castle presents a brick main building from the 18th century, flanked by four round towers inherited from an earlier fortress.
Adult €10Hours, prices and access
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No. 8
Château de Nogent-le-Roi
Nogent-le-Roi
In Nogent-le-Roi, in the Eure-et-Loir department, this château combines two distinct periods: the surviving remnants of a medieval fortress and a residence built in 1863 in the neo-Louis XIII style.
No. 9
Château de La Ferté-Vidame (Ferté-Vidame Castle)
La Ferté-Vidame
At La Ferté-Vidame, in the Eure-et-Loir department, visitors encounter not an intact château but the remains of one of eighteenth-century France's largest houses.
No. 10
Château Saint-Jean de Nogent-le-Rotrou
Nogent-le-Rotrou
The Saint-Jean castle stands above Nogent-le-Rotrou on a rocky spur overlooking the Huisne valley, at a crossing point of old roads linking Île-de-France, Normandy and Maine.
Adult €5Hours, prices and access
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the most beautiful castle in Eure-et-Loir?
- The most visited in Eure-et-Loir is Château de Maintenon, first in this selection according to its visitors’ reviews. All 10 castles listed are open to visitors with checked hours.
- How much does a visit cost?
- The adult entry price is shown under each castle when the official website publishes it; 0 of these castles are free.
- How is this selection made?
- Among the 97 castles recorded in Eure-et-Loir, we keep those open to the public with a photo, then rank by number of Google reviews. No castle pays to appear.